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Indie alternatives to Cursor

4 products made by independent developers and small teams that do what Cursor does, 4 of them with a free plan. Free and open-source options come first.

At a glance

The alternatives

1. Amp

Agentic coding tool from Sourcegraph

Amp is an AI coding agent that runs in the terminal and editors to make multi-step code changes.

Free plan · Mac, Windows, Linux · Website ↗

2. Cline

Open-source AI coding agent for your editor

Cline is an open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code and other editors that plans, edits files and runs commands with your approval.

Free plan · Mac, Windows, Linux · Website ↗

3. Kilo Code

Open-source AI coding agent for VS Code and JetBrains

Kilo Code is an open-source coding agent that plans, writes and debugs code with access to many models.

Free plan · Mac, Windows, Linux · Website ↗

4. Zed

High-performance collaborative code editor with AI

Zed is a fast open-source code editor written in Rust with multiplayer editing and built-in AI assistance.

Free plan · Mac, Linux, Windows · Website ↗

Questions

Is there a free alternative to Cursor?

Yes. 4 of the 4 indie alternatives listed here have a free plan or are free: Amp, Cline, Kilo Code and Zed.

Is there an open-source alternative to Cursor?

Cline, Kilo Code and Zed are open source.

What makes these alternatives to Cursor “indie”?

They are built by independent developers or small teams rather than large companies. Each one is listed because it does the same core job as Cursor.

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